Editorials oppose Bush veto on family leave bill
The House and five Kansas Representatives voted to uphold the veto on a paid family leave bill for employers over 50. The piece critiques exemptions for small employers, argues the bill creates new problems, contrasts with the unaffordable unpaid leave past, and highlights health insurance as a larger, unaddressed issue affecting many workers.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Kansas
Bush
Congress
Castro in trouble as critics cling to fading glory
Guest opinion recalls Fidel Castro facing Western pressure and reduced Soviet aid amid Cuba’s austerity. It notes Spain recalling its ambassador and 18 Cuban asylum seekers in Hawaii, 14 Cubans seeking refuge in Prague, and analysts predicting hardship as Castro clings to Fidelismo while others doubt his era.
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Herald
Wis& Pat
Pyhursday
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Castro
Spain
Havana
Francisco Fernandez Ordonez
Cuba
U.S
Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Contact details for U S government representatives list
Citizens can reach President George Bush at the White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC 20500 and Senators Bob Dole Nancy Kassebaum and Rep Bob Whittaker at their Washington DC offices with listed room numbers and phone numbers plus state lawmakers Jim Allen and Bettie Sue Shumway in Topeka Kansas including addresses and telephone numbers.
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George Bush
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell
Washington
D. C
Bob Whittaker
Rayburn
Jim Allen
Statehouse
Topeka
Bettie Sue Shumway
Rock Creek School remembers Franklin County’s one room era
In Ottawa near US-59 the Rock Creek School, founded 1867 and rebuilt in 1894, served until 1952. Former pupils include Gillette and Foushee families. teacher Esther Hegberg recalls a student Donald Fabert and his dog. The one room school later became a community center before sale in 1965.
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Franklin County
Bruce Fleming
Beech
Jim Hitch
Rock Creek School
15Th & Main
Ottawa
Bill
Janet Kneller
Dorothy (Gillette
Shaffer
Bonnie
Anderson
Gibbons
Duane Anderson
David Anderson
Dale Denniston
Treva
Maxwell
Larkin
Imogene
Smith
Dreddy
Glenn Gillland
Donald Fabert
State Department of Education
Ottawa High School
Donald
Kansas
Rock Creek
Ltd
Latimer
Robert Allen
Ruel Finch
Glenn Turner
Earl Finch
Max Foushee
Rex Finch
Wayne Turner
Clifford Turner
Esther Hegbert
Junior Benedict
Ralph Grewell
Hidden Abortion Question Nods in Souter Nomination
A behind the scenes exchange reveals President Bush planned to avoid asking Judge David H. Souter about abortion before nominating him to the Supreme Court. The dialogue shows Sununu’s strong antiabortion stance and Bush emphasizing qualifications over policy, amid political risk.
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Washington
Bush
U.S. Supreme Court
David H. Souter
Souter
John Sununu
John
New Hampshire
Supreme Court
Sununu
Roe v. Wade
Barbara
Pye
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